Viewing the Future Improvements Within Reach for Comanche
Mayor J R Eanes reviews a decade of growth in Comanche Texas noting population up 30 percent from 2700 to 3500 and school enrollment rising from 200 to 300 plus. He highlights higher tax efficiency with $130000 debt and $380000 sinking fund while outlining plans for natural gas, hospital, Fleming Park recreation, paving expansion, cleanup, a tourist park, and extended high school courses to deepen local college access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Eanes
Comanche
Bob Graham
Bob
Comanche County
Fleming Park
Histor ical Notes on Comanche County Schools
This essay compiles scattered notes from old settlers on the early schools in Comanche County, Texas. It explains missing records after the Chief office fire of 1806, cites early teachers like G. G. Birdsong and J. W. Emory, and invites veterans to share corrections and additions for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaway
Comanche
Joe Hill
Hill
Kansas
Texas
Rn. T. Cunningham
Uncle Dick
G. G. Birdsong
Dave Cunningham
Mercer's Creek
Newburg Road
Birdsong
Miller County
Missouri
A. Kissam
W. Joel Nabers
Milam
Old Cora
Albin
Cora
Joel Nabers
T. C. Frost
M. W. Fleming
Mart
R. T. Cunningham
J. W. Emory
George McKinzie
N. B. (Bony) Ellis
George
Elisha Trimble
Comanche School History From 1860s to Early 1900s
The account traces Comanche school teaching from 1860s at Capt. Cunning ham’s and Old Corn to the rise of a Masonic Academy in 1872, with early teachers J M Hughes Jackson Wiley and others. It covers the 1880s reorganization into a city school system, the seven member board, and leaders from Switzer to Rogers, Evans, Donaldson, Sims, Parker, Witt, Hollaway, and Layne, highlighting governance shifts and notable milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Pat Lester
J. M. Hughes
Capt. Cunningham
Jackson
William Lester
Old Corn
Lee Campbell
Comanche
Robert Wiley
J. M. Helmsley
Minta Holmsley
Combination Methodist Church
Botan
Presbyterian and
Baptist Church of
Callaway
Wiley
A. C. Hilton
Mack Burks
Hilton Burks
Robert Carnes
Desha
Chapman
Canan
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Academy
Comanche High School
Comanche Lodge No
Albert Sowell
Rev
P. W. Gravis
Nathan Yarbrough
James G. Hardin
D. 8. Switzer
W. 8. Fontaine
Switzer
Timmins
Eva Motwiler
J. H. Shortridge
Ida Hart
P. M. Barnes
A. M
W. D. Cox
E. L. Knudson
Rogers
Prof. Rogers
J. Rossen
Knudson
Lizzie Ford
Emma Johnson
Bessie Franklin
Charley Campbell
Sam Todd
Frank Wright
Will Paine
Jesse
W. T. Mann
Mann
Colorado City
Fred Grimm
J. M. Childers
T. O. Moore
L. B. Russell
J. D. Campbell
Robinson
C. O. Smith
John W. McIlhaney
W. F. Rogers
Davis Doyle
Ola Cunningham
John A. Donaldson
Evans
Henry Sims
Stephenville
D. P. Parker
M. K. Witt
Holloway
J. B. Layne
Comanche's Poultry Lead Noted In 1920 Census
The Comanche county poultry industry dominates West Texas with 145000 hens and 48 per farm, second only to Erath in total hens west of Fort Worth. Local markets move poultry to eleven markets and a single dealer shipped fifty to sixty thousand chickens in a year. Prices and breeding stock quality praised.
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Chauncey Merwin
Gormanche County
West Texas
Fort Worth
Comanche
Comanche County
Collin County
Dallas and
Erath
Texas
Jones
Montague
Brown
Hamilton
Coleman
Hale
Poetic Ideal of Creation by Cushman
An excerpt quoting Charlotte Cushman on creation as poetry sculpture painting and music. She describes God forming the world and humans engaging with life in spirit and blood, highlighting sublime communion with the soul and the beauty of nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte ‘Cushman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Masonic
Proctor Eee
Gustine Sidney meee—Lamkin
Hasse . Eeeneee Tal
Brooks
Dingler
Swan Hill
Oliver Springs
Ene Fleming Suez
Graham Chapel
Trinity Ee
Hebron
Elm Grove
Live Oak Grove
Mt. Pleasant
Cotton Grove
Ninevah
Willow Branch
Mt. View
Arbor Springs
Brysonville
Poultry County
West
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